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california has led the country in terms of establishing fuel efficiency standards and here in new york, you've done a lot of work in terms of i don't know if greening the city is the correct term, but you've also run into some resist answer resistancres. how has that left you feeling in terms of the american public and their appetite for change? >> cities are the future of the planet. most of the population now in the world lives in cities. and so making our cities work is extremely important into the only for the live ability and quality of life and sustain ability of the planet, but for economic development of the world. and mayor bloomberg came up with plan yc which said we'll cut emissions by 30%, global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and because we'll be accommodating a million more people in new york city. and that's a good thing. a million more people in new york city is a good thing because new yorkers have one-third the carbon foot a print of the average american. because we're a dense city and an extensive public transit system. >> and you walk which is illegal in californ
california has led the country in terms of establishing fuel efficiency standards and here in new york, you've done a lot of work in terms of i don't know if greening the city is the correct term, but you've also run into some resist answer resistancres. how has that left you feeling in terms of the american public and their appetite for change? >> cities are the future of the planet. most of the population now in the world lives in cities. and so making our cities work is extremely...
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70% over the last decade and state support for higher education has fallen, 12% in some states like california, that is up to 20%. this is amazing. in the 1970s, pell grants covered 40% and now covers 15%. and yet, matthew, to you first. when we talk about making america competitive. one of the keys to making america competitive and to job creation is skills and education. and if you listen to the rhetoric around education in this current crop of presidential candidates it's -- they have called for the shutting of the department of education and deceasing the amount of involvement that the federal government has in the education in the united states. >> the problem is more with the k through 12 level. the failure of holding levels of achievement that you are getting is a scandal. particularly 30 prs of young people do not get the basic education. and the higher education scandal is more about the change from the for-profit education model coming in and doing a lot of ini innovation and providing people that wanted the education that was not available finding as the industry took off and abuses
70% over the last decade and state support for higher education has fallen, 12% in some states like california, that is up to 20%. this is amazing. in the 1970s, pell grants covered 40% and now covers 15%. and yet, matthew, to you first. when we talk about making america competitive. one of the keys to making america competitive and to job creation is skills and education. and if you listen to the rhetoric around education in this current crop of presidential candidates it's -- they have called...
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i know, i teach here at the university of california-berkeley. the tuition and fees have risen more than 20% over the last two years. a lot of middle class families cannot afford it. they're taking on huge debts. students are leaving here and they can't even find jobs. you know, we are not investing in our educational infrastructure in this country. and this is a huge, huge problem. we're disinvesting. disinvesting like mad. it's a problem not only for individuals and for students, it's a problem for the country because how can we be competitive if we're eating our seed corn like this? >> student loan passed $1 trillion. robert reich, thank you for joining the program. >> thanks. >>> coming up, he's been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate but now congressman alan west is under scrutiny. [ male announcer ] if your kid can recognize your sneeze from a crowd... you're probably muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because it starts working faster on the first
i know, i teach here at the university of california-berkeley. the tuition and fees have risen more than 20% over the last two years. a lot of middle class families cannot afford it. they're taking on huge debts. students are leaving here and they can't even find jobs. you know, we are not investing in our educational infrastructure in this country. and this is a huge, huge problem. we're disinvesting. disinvesting like mad. it's a problem not only for individuals and for students, it's a...
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newport beach, california, a man fired 50 rounds at a shopping center. happy valley, oregon, on tuesday, a mall shooting, and then, of course, newtown on friday. that all happened -- >> two policemen in kansas. >> in one week. in one week. >> we should have a conversation about mental health and how we help people who are clearly at a breaking point, and we can have a conversation about violence in the media, but the commonality of all the events you just described is guns and in many cases illegal guns, and so the conversation that i think americans really want to have right now is what we do to reduce the amount of illegal gun violence in this country. we've done it in new york. this is the safest big city in the country. there are other large cities that are making real inroads against gun violence, but at the local level mayors and governors can't do it without leadership at the federal level, and, again, the passion and the comforting words from the president, they're important, but they're not nearly as important as the kind of leadership that he a
newport beach, california, a man fired 50 rounds at a shopping center. happy valley, oregon, on tuesday, a mall shooting, and then, of course, newtown on friday. that all happened -- >> two policemen in kansas. >> in one week. in one week. >> we should have a conversation about mental health and how we help people who are clearly at a breaking point, and we can have a conversation about violence in the media, but the commonality of all the events you just described is guns and...
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he has a house in california, utah, you can expect more driving in the car ads. >> he has a multitude of homes. >> that is not unlike mccain. >> that kind of ad clearly works, look at the clint eastwood chrysler ad, it was a nice ad and i'm guessing the voters in michigan did not see the one in new hampshire. >> and he is running attack ads against santorum. >> in a single session, santorum co-sponsored 51 bills to increase spending and zero to cut spending. and voted to raise his own pay. rick santorum, big spender, with a with a -- >> that was was the message that romney has to use against santorum. he cannot go through social issues. that was not particular tly effective as an ad. >> we will have talk on that in the next block when we discuss newt gingrich into the wild. the gop candidate and animal lover thought it would be a good idea to hold a facebook town hall at a zoo. what it can tell us about the state of his campaign. that is next on "now." [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thank you card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some ny
he has a house in california, utah, you can expect more driving in the car ads. >> he has a multitude of homes. >> that is not unlike mccain. >> that kind of ad clearly works, look at the clint eastwood chrysler ad, it was a nice ad and i'm guessing the voters in michigan did not see the one in new hampshire. >> and he is running attack ads against santorum. >> in a single session, santorum co-sponsored 51 bills to increase spending and zero to cut spending. and...
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california last night saying we did build it. as i have promised, we will play the president's full original comments in context every day this continues to be a line of attack. let's take a listen. >> if you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> the president's campaign is unsurprisingly pushing back against the ads with two new web videos debunking the claim and the president addressed it last night in california. >> earlier today, governor romney was at it again. knowingly twisting my words around to suggest that i don't value small businesses. when folks just like omit entire sentences of what you said, they start kind of splicing and dicing, you may have gone a little over the edge there. >> i am flanked by genius political minds to
california last night saying we did build it. as i have promised, we will play the president's full original comments in context every day this continues to be a line of attack. let's take a listen. >> if you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. there was a great teacher somewhere in your life. somebody helped to create this unbelievable american system that we have that allowed you to thrive. somebody invested in roads and bridges. if you've got a business, you...
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connecticut is the fifth state in five years to abolish the penalty, did so in april, we know that california's going to be tackling the issue in november. a few other states are bandying it about as well. do you think there's enough national attention on this? i wonder about the fallout since you repealed the death penalty. >> a couple things. the fallout i experienced was actually when i was running for governor and i said i would sign a bill doing away with the death penalty, and they tried to beat me like a dog on that issue, made the election particularly close because we had a particularly heinous crime that had been committed and those trials were going on in the middle of the election. but listen, i adopted this position way back in the 1980s when i was a prosecutor in new york city. i tried four homicides there, i subsequently tried a homicide as a defense attorney. i made a decision that justice has not been meted out equally. you're far more likely to be sentenced to death if you're a black man or hispanic man who has killed a white person and the same statistical variation doesn't h
connecticut is the fifth state in five years to abolish the penalty, did so in april, we know that california's going to be tackling the issue in november. a few other states are bandying it about as well. do you think there's enough national attention on this? i wonder about the fallout since you repealed the death penalty. >> a couple things. the fallout i experienced was actually when i was running for governor and i said i would sign a bill doing away with the death penalty, and they...
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san diego, california. fortunately, there, alex, brenda spentser, at the time, 16, pulled out a .22 caliber rifle from her family's house across the vietnam and said after she had shot some students, i just don't like mondays. this is really a tough and emotional story to watch when we listen to some of the children what they have to say here, alex. we think of these places as safe havens, and, unfortunately, today it was not. >> nbc's -- nbc -- msnbc's richard lui. chelg -- i don't know what the word is to describe this. horrifying, chilling, a moment of national tragedy. you know, the culture -- we talk about violence. it's not something that is just happening in schools. it's not something that's just happening 234 movie theaters. we were talking during the break about violence that's happening in chicago. these are record numbers of shootings over the past two years. >> it's no doubt, and the words fail us. that's why we can't speak because speech is inarticulate in the face of ooel. this is evil. the t
san diego, california. fortunately, there, alex, brenda spentser, at the time, 16, pulled out a .22 caliber rifle from her family's house across the vietnam and said after she had shot some students, i just don't like mondays. this is really a tough and emotional story to watch when we listen to some of the children what they have to say here, alex. we think of these places as safe havens, and, unfortunately, today it was not. >> nbc's -- nbc -- msnbc's richard lui. chelg -- i don't know...
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that's what we're doing in california. we will keep the march moving forward. and we'll get it done. i have no doubt in my mind. >> we know there are marriage equality measures on ballots in maine, maryland, minnesota and washington. are you bullish or bearish? >> i think, look, that's a lot of states, so do i think we're going to win all of them? i hope we do but that's a tough, tough field with all of those states. but i am very optimistic that we will be victorious. we have actually never been victorious before on a state ballot so i think we will do much better than our opponents think we'll do. you know, the thing about the opponents, lgbt equality and marriage equality, they think they're going to stop us. they think we're going to lose and eventually going to say you know what, i'm done. that's not happening. >> in fact, it's i think the opposite. the arc of history as the president always talks about bends towards justice and equality. this is something where generationally you are seeing a major shift in terms of attitudes towards gay marriage. i do ha
that's what we're doing in california. we will keep the march moving forward. and we'll get it done. i have no doubt in my mind. >> we know there are marriage equality measures on ballots in maine, maryland, minnesota and washington. are you bullish or bearish? >> i think, look, that's a lot of states, so do i think we're going to win all of them? i hope we do but that's a tough, tough field with all of those states. but i am very optimistic that we will be victorious. we have...